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Brian Curtis Wimes

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri · 2012

Brian Curtis Wimes , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. The Senate voted 92–1 on the nomination on Apr 23, 2012 (Nomination Confirmed). Brian Curtis Wimes (born January 18, 1966) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, serving since 2026 as the chief judge of the latter. Despite his dual appointment, Wimes maintains chambers only in the Western District of Missouri.

Senate votes: 1

Senate confirmation votes

United States District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri
112th Congress · Nomination Confirmed92–1 · Apr 23, 2012

Education

Longview Community College (now Metropolitan Community College)A.A., 1987
University of KansasB.G.S., 1990
Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of LawJ.D., 1994

Career

Attorney advisor, Litigation Branch, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 1994-1995; Assistant prosecutor, Jackson County, Missouri, 1995-2001; Drug court commissioner, Circuit Court of Missouri, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, 2001-2007; Judge, Circuit Court of Missouri, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, 2007-2012

Biography

Brian Curtis Wimes (born January 18, 1966) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, serving since 2026 as the chief judge of the latter. Despite his dual appointment, Wimes maintains chambers only in the Western District of Missouri.

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